As the emergence of invasive pathogens and their impacts on ecological communities increases, so has the interest in understanding how landscape pattern (in other words the configuration and composition of suitable habitat) affects their establishment and spread. Plant pathogen invasions are inherently spatial, but few studies have demonstrated the role of landscape pattern on disease dynamics....

An innovative approach to streamflow analysis is presented. The raster-based method allows for the quantification and visualization of very large daily streamflow datasets. The technique shows subtle temporal properties not possible with other traditional techniques. This method is extremely flexible, permitting numerous display options depending on the specific research goal. Dual timescale hy...

Tropical forests have been rapidly deforested and degradation worldwide has outpaced biodiversity field sampling. No study to date assessed the effects of insular habitats induced by hydroelectric dams on Amazonian understory plants. Fern community responses anthropogenic tropical forest islands can be revealed at a faster pace using simple cheap, yet informative, protocols that could applied n...

Birds play many roles within human societies, from voracious consumers of crippling crop pests, to haulers pathogens, symbols peace, love and strength (Karp et al., 2013; Smith 2020; Whelan 2008). are also rapidly declining, largely in response accelerating levels habitat loss land use intensification (Rosenberg 2019). The rapid birds is likely have severe consequences for the functioning coupl...

Pedestrian volume information is critical to study traffic safety as well as to plan for pedestrian friendly design. We present a model used to estimate the pedestrian volumes for street intersections in the city of San Francisco, California. Through regression analysis at multiple geographical scales, a set of socioeconomic variables and built-environment characteristics were examined. Three f...